<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Server Configuration Reference - The JK 2 Connector</title><meta name="author" value="Remy Maucherat"><meta name="email" value="remm@apache.org"></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#525D76" alink="#525D76" vlink="#525D76"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/"><img src="../../images/tomcat.gif" align="right" alt="
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  <p><b>IMPORTANT NOTE: The JK 2 connector is now deprecated. Use 
  <a href="jk.html">JK</a> or
  <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mod_proxy_ajp.html">
  mod_proxy_ajp</a> instead.</b></p>

  <p>The <strong>JK 2 Connector</strong> is a web server component used to
  invisibly integrate Tomcat
 with a web server such as Apache or IIS.
  Communication between the web server and Tomcat is via the <code>JK</code>
  protocol (also known as the <code>AJP</code> protocol).</p>

  <p>Tomact is usually integrated with a web server in cases where you want
  the web server to handle the static content contained in the web application,
  and/or utilize the web server's SSL processing.  In many application
  environments, this will result in better overall performance than running
  your applications under Tomcat stand-alone using the <a href="coyote.html">
  Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector</a>. However, the only way to know for sure whether
  it will provide better performance for <strong>your</strong> application is
  to try it both ways.</p>

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  <p>Please refer to the <a href="../../jk2/index.html">JK/JK2 documentation</a> 
     for HOWTOs and complete configuration information.</p>

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